England and Wales deaths following police contact 2023

In 2022/23 there were 217 police related fatalities in England and Wales, compared with 191 in the previous reporting year. Of these fatalities, 52 were suicides, 28 were road traffic fatalities, 23 were deaths in or following police custody, with three fatal shootings in this reporting year. A further 90 fatalities were defined as other deaths during or following police contact.

Number of fatalities following police contact in England and Wales from 2010/11 to 2022/23, by type

Characteristic	Road traffic fatalities	Fatal shootings	Deaths in or following police custody	Apparent suicides following custody	Other deaths during or following police contact*
2010/11	26	2	21	46	57
2011/12	19	2	15	39	47
2012/13	31	0	15	65	22
2013/14	12	0	11	70	44
2014/15	14	1	18	71	43
2015/16	21	3	14	61	106
2016/17	32	6	14	56	131
2017/18	29	4	23	57	177
2018/19	42	3	17	63	156
2019/20	24	3	18	54	107
2020/21	25	1	19	54	92
2021/22	40	2	11	57	111
2022/23	28	3	23	52	90

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England, Wales)

Survey time period

April 1, 2010 to March 31 2023

Supplementary notes

Change in definition of other deaths following contact in 2010/11 to include only cases subject to an independent investigation. Expansion of IPCC investigative resource and capacity to conduct more independent investigations into serious and sensitive matters – this has a direct impact on the number of other contact deaths that are reported.

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